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Hmong Today (Xov-Xwm Hmoob) is an American nationwide newspaper documenting the news and culture of the Hmong American community. [1] It is published biweekly and based in St. Paul, Minnesota. [2] The publisher of the newspaper is Sang Moua [3] and the president of the company is Sy Vang. [4]
Along with the shaman alter, the Hmong household altar is dedicated primarily to the Dab Xwm Kab (spirit of good fortune). [1] It is placed on the wall of the main room of the house. [ 1 ] On the altar people make offerings of rice, chicken, soup and rice served in bamboo, with incense and joss paper. [ 1 ]
[96] As of 2012, Hmong in California are developing a Hmong-English online translator, in collaboration with Microsoft. [97] Research in nursing shows that when translating from English to Hmong, specifically in the healthcare context, the translator must take into account the absence of equivalent concepts because Hmong comes from an oral ...
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Many Hmong and non-Hmong people who are learning the Hmong language tend to use the word xim (a borrowing from Thai/Lao) as the word for 'color', while the native Hmong word for 'color' is kob. For example, xim appears in the sentence Liab yog xim ntawm kev phom sij with the meaning "Red is the color of danger / The red color is of danger".
According to Hmong folklore, it is said that long time ago almighty god (Pahawh: 𖬏𖬲𖬤 𖬄𖬤𖬵; RPA: Yawg Saum) wanted to choose some animals to represent each Lunar Year, and if he only chooses domestic animals it wouldn't be fair toward wild animals - this incident was involved for both heaven and underworld.
For followers of traditional Hmong spirituality, the shaman, a healing practitioner who acts as an intermediary between the spirit and material world, is the main communicator with the otherworld, able to see why and how someone got sick. The Hmong view healing and sickness as supernatural processes linked to cosmic and local supernatural forces.
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